A cross-cultural study of reference point adaptation: Evidence from China, Korea, and the US

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Arkes, Hal R ^a   Hirshleifer, David ^b   Jiang, Danling ^c   Lim, Sonya S ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Mental accounting; Prospect theory; Reference point adaptation; Security trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953027487     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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